SPINAL INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT
First Claim
1. An intervertebral spinal implant, for insertion between two successive vertebral bodies, comprising:
- a volume defining at least;
a lower face and an upper face, opposite one another so as to be placed in contact with the two successive vertebral bodies respectively,a front face, rear face, and two side faces, connecting the two-lower and upper faces,a first inclined through-hole formed in the volume and having two ends respectively open onto the front face and the lower face of the volume,a second inclined through-hole formed in the volume and having two ends respectively open onto the front face and the upper face of the volume,a first elongated fastening element for securing the volume, the first elongated fastening element having a length greater than a length of the first inclined through-hole and being configured to cooperate by longitudinal insertion into said first inclined through-hole from the front face in order to be implanted in the vertebral body adjacent to the lower face of the volume, anda second elongated fastening element for securing the volume, its the second elongated fastening element having length greater than a length of the second inclined through-hole and being configured to cooperate by longitudinal insertion into said second inclined through-hole from the front face in order to be implanted in the vertebral body adjacent to the upper face of the volume,wherein said first and second inclined through-holes intersect and one of said first and second elongated fastening elements constitutes a first locking means for securing the other of said first and second elongated fastening elements, once said first and second elongated fastening elements are respectively in place in the first and second inclined through-holes.
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Abstract
An intervertebral spinal implant, for insertion between two consecutive vertebral bodies, includes a volume, inclined first and second through-holes formed in the volume, and elongated first and second fastening elements for securing the volume. The first and second through-holes have respective ends that open onto a front face and onto lower and upper faces of the volume, respectively. The first fastening element extends through the first through-hole and is implanted in the vertebral body adjacent to the lower face. The second fastening element extends through the second through-hole and is implanted in the vertebral body adjacent to the upper face. The through-holes intersect such that one of the fastening elements secures the other fastening element, once the fastening elements are respectively in place in the through-holes.
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1. An intervertebral spinal implant, for insertion between two successive vertebral bodies, comprising:
a volume defining at least; a lower face and an upper face, opposite one another so as to be placed in contact with the two successive vertebral bodies respectively, a front face, rear face, and two side faces, connecting the two-lower and upper faces, a first inclined through-hole formed in the volume and having two ends respectively open onto the front face and the lower face of the volume, a second inclined through-hole formed in the volume and having two ends respectively open onto the front face and the upper face of the volume, a first elongated fastening element for securing the volume, the first elongated fastening element having a length greater than a length of the first inclined through-hole and being configured to cooperate by longitudinal insertion into said first inclined through-hole from the front face in order to be implanted in the vertebral body adjacent to the lower face of the volume, and a second elongated fastening element for securing the volume, its the second elongated fastening element having length greater than a length of the second inclined through-hole and being configured to cooperate by longitudinal insertion into said second inclined through-hole from the front face in order to be implanted in the vertebral body adjacent to the upper face of the volume, wherein said first and second inclined through-holes intersect and one of said first and second elongated fastening elements constitutes a first locking means for securing the other of said first and second elongated fastening elements, once said first and second elongated fastening elements are respectively in place in the first and second inclined through-holes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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